“The Mother of Texas”Born: 7/23/1798Birthplace: Charles County, Md. Around 1811 Jane Wilkinson's family moved to the Mississippi Territory from Maryland. She married a doctor, James Long, a native…
author, early settlerBorn: 10/30/1784Birthplace: New Haven, Conn. Mary Austin studied languages and music in New Haven before marrying Rev. Horace Holley in 1805. They had a son and a daughter. In…
HIESTAND, John Andrew, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in East Donegal Township, Lancaster County, Pa., October 2, 1824; attended the common schools, an academy in Marietta, Pa., and…
HAUGHEY, Thomas, a Representative from Alabama; born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1826; received a limited education; immigrated to the United States with his father, who settled in New York City…
FLANDERS, Alvan, a Delegate from the Territory of Washington; born in Hopkinton, Merrimack County, N.H., August 2, 1825; attended the public schools; learned the machinist trade in Boston;…
FORT, Greenbury Lafayette, a Representative from Illinois; born in French Grant, Scioto County, Ohio, October 17, 1825; moved with his parents to Marshall County, Ill., in April 1834;…
COOKE, Eleutheros, a Representative from Ohio; born in Granville, Washington County, N.Y., December 25, 1787; attended the country schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced…
ELA, Jacob Hart, a Representative from New Hampshire; born in Rochester, N.H., July 18, 1820; attended the village school in Rochester; at fourteen years of age was apprenticed in a woolen…
COLE, Orsamus, a Representative from Wisconsin; born in Cazenovia, Madison County, N.Y., August 23, 1819; attended the common schools and was graduated from Union College, Schenectady, N.Y.,…
COMINGO, Abram, a Representative from Missouri; born near Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Ky., January 9, 1820; attended the common and high schools and was graduated from Centre College, Danville…
